File:A clusterbomb was dropped here, in Nangarhar.jpg

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Description The following is the author's description of the photograph quoted directly from the photograph's Flickr page.
"When UXO (unexploded ordinance) is removed from an area the mine-clearers paint the rocks white. From the pattern on the hill there was probably a cluster bomb dropped.

These were possibly dropped by the US, who did use cluster bombs in Afghanistan in 2001.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_bomb#Afghanistan.2C_2001

"In addition, some cluster bomblets, such as the BLU-97/B used in the CBU-87, are brightly colored to increase their visibility and warn off civilians. However, the color, coupled with their small and nonthreatening appearance, has caused children to interpret them as toys. This problem was exacerbated in the War in Afghanistan (2001%u2013present), when US forces dropped humanitarian rations from airplanes with similar yellow-colored packaging as the BLU-97/B, yellow being the NATO standard colour for high explosive filler in air weapons. The rations packaging was later changed first to blue and then to clear in the hope of avoiding such hazardous confusion." "
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Todd Huffman at https://www.flickr.com/photos/99287245@N00/3496979281. It was reviewed on 7 October 2009 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.
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